May 2016...
* 4/28 eve to 5/3 eve: Floralia--Old Roman festival devoted to Flora, Goddess of Flowers.
* 4/30 eve to 5/2 eve: Beltaine--Old Celtic/Welsh feast of Blodeuwedd (Goddess of Flowers) and Llew (the Oak King - God of the waxing Sun).
* 4/30 eve to 5/4 eve: Mid-Spring/May Day/Walpurgis--Celebrates sacred love and the flowering vegetation by gathering flowers and dancing around a Maypole.
* 5/1: Christian feast celebrating the sacred marriage of Blessed Mary and St. Joseph.
* 5/1: Birthday of Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Catholic mystic and evolutionary who experienced the union of consciousness with all Nature.
* 5/1 to 5/4: Zuni Green Corn Dance--welcoming back the Corn Maidens, who flee the land during the Winter.
* 5/1 to 5/31: May originally dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Maia; later dedicated to Christian Lady Mary - Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate.
* 5/2: Dakinis’ Day--Day Tantric Buddhists make offerings to the Dakinis and Mother Tantra; day to unite will and power to manifest positive social change and environmental healing.
* 5/2 to 5/4: Rogation Days--Christian days of prayer for bountiful crops, sustainable development, and healing of environmental abuses.
* 5/2 eve to 5/6 eve (5/4 peak): Eta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 5/5 (OC 6/9): Ascension Day--Christian feast marking Lord Jesus’ ascension into Heaven.
* 5/6 (3:30 p.m. EDT): New Moon.
* 5/6: Shepherd’s Day--Day to meditate on Deity as Lord of Animals.
* 5/6 to 5/9: Iroquois Corn-Planting Ceremony--in thanksgiving for the corn seed.
* 5/7: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day for being mindful that everything you do, or fail to do, affects all sentient beings.
* 5/7 eve: Vigil for lost mothers; night of mourning and healing.
* 5/8: Mothers’ Day--Day to give love and thanks to all mothers; day for all mothers to celebrate motherhood and contemplate their sacred duty to provide for the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual needs of their children.
* 5/8: Christian feast of St. Julian of Norwich (d. 1419), mystic who believed Deity to be Father and Mother, everywhere in everything.
* 5/10 eve to 5/11 eve: Feast of Old Greek Deities Aphrodite and Eros--Day to honor love and passion.
* 5/14: Spring Migratory Bird Day. .
* 5/15 (OC 6/19): Pentecost/Whitsunday--Christian feast celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the male and female disciples of Lord Jesus; honors Her as the Paraclete, Grace, Wisdom, Justice, and Providence.
* 5/18: Feast of Old Greek God Pan, who represents the masculine in Nature and protects men throughout their lives.
* 5/19: Old Celtic/Irish feast in which sacred healing wells and springs were adorned with flowers in honor of Goddess Brigid, daughter of Mother Goddess Danu and Father God Dagda.
* 5/21: Beginning of Gemini (the Twins/Lovers/Partners).
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* 5/21 (5:15 p.m. EDT): Full Moon (Rose Moon) (Seasonal Blue Moon).
* 5/21: Saga Dawa Duchen--Tibetan Buddhist festival celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Buddha Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 BCE).
* 5/21 eve: Nisfu Sha’ban--Muslim night of repentance for all harm done.
* 5/22: Trinity Sunday--Christian celebration of the one universal Deity as Holy Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit Mother, and Holy Christ Child.
* 5/22: Biological Diversity Day--Day to recognize that the survival of humanity is dependent on the survival of the many diverse species on the Earth.
* 5/26 (or 5/29): Corpus Christi--Christian day for veneration of Christ Immanuel in the Host - divine immanence in the grain.
* 5/27: Birthday of Rachel Carson (1907), biologist who began the environmental movement.
* 5/30: Memorial Day--Day to honor all soldiers who fought honorably and died in war, to mourn all of war’s victims, and to contemplate all the horrors of war.
* 5/31: Christian feast of Our Lady, Queen of Heaven.
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Excerpted fromTHE MYSTIC'S WHEEL OF THE YEAR 2016A Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality© 2015 Marija Miovskiwww.WheeloftheYear.com
